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Tuesday, 1 September 2015

Undoubtedly there is not
even one human being that can come even close to the perfection found in the
qualities, characteristics and manners as did our Prophet Mohammad (peace be
upon him). The more and more we educate ourselves about him, the more we find
out how great a leader he was, how good a husband he was, what a merciful
person and a kind father too and we fall in love with the Prophet (peace be
upon him) more and more. It is common knowledge that the Prophet had been
attributed with many names during his lifetime, although he was known as
Muhammad (peace be upon him), there were other names too.

Through the names of the
Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) we can learn more about the type of person
that he was. Even though Mohammad is the most common name in the Muslim world
today, some would be shocked or surprised to know that the name Mohammad was
never used prior to the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him), after the passing of
the Prophet’s father, His grandfathernamed him.

Mohammad and Ahmad both
were names of the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) and both the names were
derived from the Arabic verb i.e. to Praise. Muhammad means the one who is
praised, due to the qualities and characteristics which are possessed by the
Prophet (peace be upon him).

Amongst the other names of
the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) was also Al Maahi which essentially means
the one through whom Allah will wipe out the disbelief from amongst the people
and the disbelievers. When the Prophet (peace be upon him) was born, the entire
Arabian Peninsula had been engulfed in widespread disbelief. After the message
of Islam was spread by the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) all of Arabia was
immersed heavily in Islam. Within the next 60 or 70 so years of the death of
the Holy Prophet (PBUH), Islam had reached China to the east and to Spain in
the west.

The name of Al Haashir was
also given to the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) by Allah. The literal translation
of the name Al Haashir means that after him or once he has passed, the people
will be resurrected.

Another one of the Holy
Prophet’s names was Al Aqib which means that there will be No more Prophets of
Allah after the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him).

Al Muqaffa, another one of
the Prophet’s name translated to the fact that he descended from a long line of
Prophets who came before him, and one who completes the message of the previous
Prophets.

Other names of the Prophet
which are well known are Mustafa and Mukhtar, both of which means that the chosen
or preferred one by Allah.

One name which many might
not know is the name Siraj, which has been used to refer to the Prophet in the
Holy Quran where it means a bright sun or an illuminating light.